Experimental Warning Program

Experimental Warning Program
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(.pdf, updated 26 Feb 2025)
The Experimental Warning Program (EWP) is a part of the NOAA Hazardous Weather Testbed at the
National Weather Center
in Norman, Oklahoma. The HWT EWP mission is to improve the nation's hazardous weather warning services by bringing together forecasters, researchers, trainers, technology specialists, and other stakeholders to test and evaluate new techniques, applications, observing platforms, and technologies.
The annual Spring Experiment provides forecasters with a first-hand look at the latest research concepts and products, and immerses research scientists in the challenges, needs, and constraints of front-line forecasters. The EWP helps transition severe weather research and technology to improve the Weather Forecast Office’s severe weather warnings for hail, wind, and tornadoes. The EWP tests research concepts and technology specifically aimed at short-fused warnings of severe convective weather.
EWP Training Modules
GOES-16 All-Sky LAP Products Derived from the ABI for HWT 2019
NOAA/CIMSS ProbSevere Version 2 (all hazards)
Advanced TPW Product
GLM Gridded Products
GLM Average Flash Area and Total Optical Energy
NUCAPS Soundings at HWT 2019
Single-Radar Azimuthal Shear (AzShear)
(PDF)
New Mesocyclone Detection Algorithm (NMDA)
(PDF)
Conditional Probability of Tornado Intensity (CPTI)
(PDF)
Warning Program
EWP Home
EWP Projects
EWP Blog
EWP Archive
Tales From the Testbed
Related Links
2020 EWP Summary of Results
(PDF)
Earth Networks Total Lightning Data and Dangerous Thunderstorm Alerts Evaluation in the NOAA Hazardous Weather Testbed
(PDF, March 2016)